Neil Webber

Richard III for the characterisation of evil
Tempest for the magic and because of touring it in Germany
Macbeth is tragedy defined, with such an atmosphere
JC has my favourite speech

Tolkien's original sketch of Smaug: a long, whip-tailed dragon drawn in black ink, with two wings raised and a head like something you'd see on Celtic wirework.

Husband woke me asking, 'The movies say Smaug as in "hour"; was little me wrong to think the dragon Smaug was pronounced "smawg", as in "naughty"?'

I looked it up and ... well, the answer is not just philology. It's incredibly good storytelling.

1/4

That family did not, in fact, rock

Completely misunderstands what’s happening in the UK as well.

Do to this what Fulgrim did to Manus on Istvaan V

“Achtung! Spitfire!” must be up there as well.

Harder to get into a boarding kennel, mind

Commander Yvonne Gray and two other Navy officers charged over sinking of Manawanui Three senior Royal New Zealand Navy officers - including the commanding officer - have been charged over the loss of HMNZS Manawanui after the ship struck

HMNZS Manawanui sinking: Commander Yvonne Gray, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Gajzago, third officer will face court martial www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nationa...

At best it is a tradition in one small village in either the Cotswolds or the Yorkshire Dales with a name like Down Umptney which has been going on since the squire thought it would be nice in 1847.

@oculusimperia.bsky.social your latest vid is your best one yet, thank you!

When you’re heading down, all those calls seem to go against you…

a green skinned goblin stands on a worn and weathered candleholder among a collection of old books. A big burning red candle sits on the goblins head, positioned like some sort of giant top hat. The goblin holds a burnt match in place of a spear. A smattering of red wax adorns the candleholder and an open box of redhead matches can be seen behind the goblin.

a green skinned goblin stands on a worn and weathered candleholder among a collection of old books. A big burning red candle sits on the goblins head, positioned like some sort of giant top hat. The goblin holds a burnt match in place of a spear. A smattering of red wax adorns the candleholder and an open box of redhead matches can be seen behind the goblin.

a green skinned goblin stands on a worn and weathered candleholder among a collection of old books. A big burning red candle sits on the goblins head, positioned like some sort of giant top hat. The goblin holds a burnt match in place of a spear. A smattering of red wax adorns the candleholder and an open box of redhead matches can be seen behind the goblin.

a green skinned goblin stands on a worn and weathered candleholder among a collection of old books. A big burning red candle sits on the goblins head, positioned like some sort of giant top hat. The goblin holds a burnt match in place of a spear. A smattering of red wax adorns the candleholder and an open box of redhead matches can be seen behind the goblin.

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 3 by @tristanwelsh.bsky.social

Light Goblin

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

An undead cat token from the Tomb Kings Bloodbowl team.

An undead cat token from the Tomb Kings Bloodbowl team.

An undead cat token from the Tomb Kings Bloodbowl team.

An undead cat token from the Tomb Kings Bloodbowl team.

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 4 by @lignesdorages.bsky.social

What's wrong with my cat ?

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Close up of a white-armoured space marine figure with red edging and pink shoulders. She is carrying a neon pink power sword and a bolt pistol with a pink casing. The head is that of a young anime girl with a bright red headband, horse ears and pink hair. From this angle you can see she is smiling, and at her feet lies a bloody decapitated orc head. The aquila on her chest is pink and from here you can see her armour is chipped and showing through as silver in various places beneath.

Front view of a white-armoured space marine figure with red edging and pink shoulders. She is carrying a neon pink power sword and a bolt pistol with a pink casing. The head is that of a young anime girl with a bright red headband, horse ears and pink hair. From this angle you can see she is smiling, and at her feet lies a bloody decapitated orc head.

Rear view of a white-armoured space marine figure with red edging and pink shoulders. She is carrying a neon pink power sword and a bolt pistol with a pink casing. From this angle you can see she has a giant red bow beneath her power pack, which is silver with brass finishings and red jump pods. the bow is attached to a swishy pink tail.

Harumarine: A story card showing a white-armoured space marine figure with red edging and pink shoulders. She is carrying a neon pink power sword and a bolt pistol with a pink casing. The head is that of a young anime girl with a bright red headband, horse ears and pink hair. Next to it is text which reads: Captain Haru Urara, Space Umamusumarine. Then an extract of text allegedly from the memoirs of a soldier from the Tanith 1st (And Only). It reads: "We were about to break, when we heard it. A cheerful chant growing louder and louder. "Umapyoi! Umapyoi! Umapyoi!" The earth starting shaking and I looked up at Colonel Corbec in confusion. He was smiling. Then he started laughing. "You hear that lads?" He shouted, above the lasfire. "The fething cavalry's here!" Beneath it is a picture of the anime horse girl on which the painted miniature is based. She is a young, excited horse girl with a swishing pink tail and hair, and white racing jacket lined with red. She is punching the air.

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 5 by @garius.bsky.social

Captain Haru Urara, 1st Heavy Recon Detachment.

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Two cosmonaut bears explore an alien landscape as the Soviet colors billow behind them on the Martian breeze… does mars have wind? I probably should have looked that up

Two cosmonaut bears explore an alien landscape as the Soviet colors billow behind them on the Martian breeze… does mars have wind? I probably should have looked that up

Two cosmonaut bears explore an alien landscape as the Soviet colors billow behind them on the Martian breeze… does mars have wind? I probably should have looked that up

Two cosmonaut bears explore an alien landscape as the Soviet colors billow behind them on the Martian breeze… does mars have wind? I probably should have looked that up

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 9 by @ratbag.bsky.social

Ursi Gagarin

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

A Primaris Invictus Tactical Warsuit on a stony field with ruined buildings. It stands on the body of a space marine in red armour. The pilot sports a white face, a metal facemask and a shock or red hair, while the suit is painted in bright colours and has a back banner of a leering clown's face.

A Primaris Invictus Tactical Warsuit on a stony field with ruined buildings. It stands on the body of a space marine in red armour. The pilot sports a white face, a metal facemask and a shock or red hair, while the suit is painted in bright colours and has a back banner of a leering clown's face.

A Primaris Invictus Tactical Warsuit on a stony field with ruined buildings. It stands on the body of a space marine in red armour. The pilot sports a white face, a metal facemask and a shock or red hair, while the suit is painted in bright colours and has a back banner of a leering clown's face.

A Primaris Invictus Tactical Warsuit on a stony field with ruined buildings. It stands on the body of a space marine in red armour. The pilot sports a white face, a metal facemask and a shock or red hair, while the suit is painted in bright colours and has a back banner of a leering clown's face.

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 11 by @grumpykiltpin.bsky.social

WTF is Wrong With You, Brother? When I said we were Terror Troops, this is not what I meant.

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth #JHBackdrops

A front view of a Sister of Battle dressed in white power armour with red cloth. She is posed awkwardly, like she is about to tip over. Her right hand is outstretched, and there is a trickle of red from the corner of her mouth. Imagine another Sister in place of the viewer, watching her comrade stumble jerkily toward her, asking "what is wrong with you, sister?"

a view from above and in front of the miniature. it doesn't really show anything the other 3 pictures didn't already show.

A view of the same Sister of Battle from the viewer's left side. Revealed behind her is a Necron Flayed One in dark steel and brass, wearing scraps of skin. Its hand is twisted, with fingers impaled through Sister Pavise's torso and right arm. It is puppeteering her and holding her in front of itself as a shield. It is hunched over with its face placed to peer past the gap between her left arm and her torso. More blood is visible from where the Flayed One stabbed her.

A view of the same miniature from the right side. This view shows her bolter more clearly. It is hanging off her left shoulder.

Mini of the month - what’s wrong with you?

Entry 12 by @mountaineucalyptus.bsky.social

Sister Pavise, Human Shield

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Photo of assembly guide for a kroot mini. In English they are a "Kroot Cold-Blood". In French they are a "Sang-froid Kroot"

<explosions and screaming erupt around them>

BRITISH KROOT: Imperial Guard! Kill them all. No prisoners.
FRENCH KROOT <dragging on a Gauloise and swirling half a glass of wine>: un moment, mon frere. There is, 'ow you say? No rush.

Morning Womble, hope all’s well! The Dropsite Massacre by John French got finished last night, on to the last Horus Heresy book, the anthology Era of Ruin

banner with blue text on white. reads "stop killing people you fucking twats."

The shirt France will wear for the Six Nations clash against England to mark the 120th anniversary (almost to the day) of the first match between the two sides.

Oh my

But seriously. We are back! Next week we start shooting #bbcghosts the movie! Huge excitement in the camp, lots of splendid people joining us.

Gawain the green knight opening a letter sealed with wax

Little Alex Horne in his studio chair with the caption "so a simple task: land a fair blow anywhere on the green knight. One year later meet him at the green chapel, receive the same blow yourself."

A cut to a wider shot showing Greg Davies in his throne turning to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Well surely no one just ran up and whanged his head clean off."

Cut back to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Let's see Gawain first."

Looks like the original has been swept away by the sands of time.

Fun game for the history nerds! Note that you’ll need to specify CE or BCE sometimes. I got within twenty years for nine out of ten but was out by a century for the other which I’m feeling slightly sheepish about.

when-was-this-war.web.app

Hubert!

In the same way the nonsense about the “Celtic wilt” destroying the 6N written after round 1 was premature rubbish, so this is all kinds of premature awfulness. Why is rugby cursed with such bad mainstream journalism?

Was this then the expectation Hannibal was playing at Cannae? The Romans expected the lighter armoured Carthaginian line to go backwards fast so didn’t pause until it was too late. Suggests a high level of discipline in the Carthaginian troops in front of the Roman Heavy infantry

I went straight for this as well 😀

Now really worried about Italy in a couple of weeks. The scrum has been the only thing even vaguely working and this Italy scrum has been real good. The only positive is there’s a bit of time to unscramble England’s brains

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

I am glad England aren’t playing Wales next.